(Arun Naik, Bapurao Naik's elder son speaks at the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh kickstarting Bapurao Naik's centenary year celebrations).
This involved illustrating all the books in eight languages. It began by the standard I language primer. The standard II had a second book on arithmetic. And thus it went on year by year. The venture became very successful right away. The text improved. The production improved much more as compared to earlier books, both private and government. Maharashtra books were adjudged the best not only in India, but in the UNESCO conference held in 1971 in Kuala Lumpur.
